Filmmaker Reacts: The Witcher 3 - Wild Hunt - Killing Monsters

[@PhilipHarts]

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[@lucasromerova6150]

Yennefer, then Geralt and then Jaskier.

[@Diolur]

@@lucasromerova6150 he is Dandelion in english version, just so you know :D

[@bargie6659]

​@@DiolurQuestion was, who is your favourite character from The Witcher, not "Who is your favourite character from the english version. Just so you know. It is Jaskier, not Dandelion.

[@Diolur]

@@bargie6659 the point is, that people that played in English(the most of people here) could not understand what character he talking about, because it’s completely different name. That’s why it’s kind of better to call characters by their English names.

[@KeytarArgonian]

Fun fact about this, The Geralt we see here is much older but in the first book of short stories Geralt is telling Iola, a young priestess novice about the first time he killed a man. He had just left Kaer Morhen, a young green Witcher and he stumbled upon a group of men attacking a young woman, just like this scene. All full of bravado and hoping for a swooning maiden to thank him for saving her, he killed the men attacking her, nastily. Instead of falling into Geralts arms and showering him with praise, she noisily vomits all over herself and flees from Geralt screaming bloody murder. So here, he tells the young woman to close her eyes instead.

[@snvhill]

And it's interesting to note how here the lady keeps her eyes open. Could mean nothing. Could just mean she's more angry and vengeful. Could just mean the people coming up with this didn't read the books or think about it. But it could also be an indicator of truth to some of the charges leveled against her.

[@marekiwaniak7]

@@snvhill she propably commit all this crimes, Nilfgaard Empire is in many ways same to Nazi Germany. Especially when it comes to punish common crimes. IF soldiers just want to rape or kill her they will do it without accusing her. Besides its Velen.

[@jonnyso1]

Which is exactly what hapens when he tries to defend that tavern lady right at the beggining of the game.

[@kireta21]

@@jonnyso1 normal folk are often just terrified by ease and effeciency at which witchers kill.

[@bravosix6738]

Man, could someone explain why Geralt took the side of the girl? She is accused of cannibalism, murder, looting, etc. If you notice, she doesn't speak anything in her defense and remains quite, implying that she has indeed committed those crimes. How on earth did Geralt figure out that this was the lesser evil? He slaughtered the entire Nilfguardian squad who were just following orders.

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

Fun fact. When this cinematic first came out people start bitching about "how imposible this is and that is ok as a fun render but nothing more". But this whole fight scene was mocaped. Fully, not in cuts.

[@jameskun4314]

Oh man .. Witcher 3 is a freaking masterpiece

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

It was.

[@pluto6703]

@@whendarknessfalls6969it is, a masterpiece doesnt stop being one

[@nyx3988]

Yes witcher 3 is still a masterpiece, but i am quite scared what they are going to do with new witchers games because they said something about "being more inclusive" which can be really bad

[@karolinakuc4783]

​@@nyx3988They plan to show a kingdom of black people. In books there was one but it was never described only mentioned

[@nyx3988]

@@karolinakuc4783 i know Ofir if i am not wrong, i do not remember name of that place unless i am right and it is Ofir then well, but i know it exist and oh beautiful place and really cool look of people there (suits). With that i have no problem because why should i, i have problem with other possible thing that would make witcher woke

[@Connoclear]

I loved that this cinematic was referenced in game with Lambert mocking Geralt for saying "Killing monsters".

[@TheCrayonMaster]

same 🤣

[@zotaninoron3548]

The crimes she is accused of would be consistent with someone starving to death in the wake of a land ravaged by war who is scavenging recent battlefields and potentially holding a grudged against the invading Nilfgards. In the wake of a battle maybe she killed a dying Nilfgard soldier left on the battlefield, looted dead and dying soldiers and perhaps ate some of the dead because there's been no food.

[@Danceofmasks]

Ye, also, they are only crimes because Nilfgaard won. Had the northern realms pushed the invaders back, nobody would care what she did while occupied.

[@Imdedmate]

That also aligns with the fact of how brutaly Velen (aka "No man's land") was ravaged by the nilfgaardian invasion. I mean, there is literaly an encounter (ingame of course) in Velen about a girl and her brother, both of which are starving and you get to choose wether to give them money, food or nothing. So yeah, Velen's full of people trying their best to survive.

[@TheCrayonMaster]

You're probably right. For the longest time, I thought this was a standard thing being read, like a form letter, something the soldiers are too tired or lazy to change. So by saying "looting, murder, and cannibalism" it's more like looting/murder/cannibalism aka "looting or murder or cannibalism". So, not necessarily all of the crimes, but I also think you're 100% right.

[@zotaninoron3548]

@@TheCrayonMaster If you catch it, it isn't just murder. It is specifically 'the murder of the wounded.'

[@TheCrayonMaster]

@@zotaninoron3548 yeah, sorry. I just shortened it a bit. But that's what I mean, I had it wrong for a long time, I think you're right.

[@MannyBrum]

The story leading up to that cinematic was told in a comic also called Killing Monsters. Vesemir and Geralt visit a town being harassed by Nilfgaardian troops. Geralt gets into a fight there and in the chaos a boy steals from one of the men and a Nilfgaardian sergeant (the one about to kill the woman in the trailer) orders him killed for it. Someone shows up reporting that a monster has been killing peasants in the area and Geralt makes a deal with the sergeant that they will give him the contract for it and they will release the boy, which they do but they promise that if they see the boy again he will die. As Geralt and Vesemir investigate the monster which turns out to be a large necrophage, they find out that some of the dead bodies were killed by humans and not a monster, though there was indeed a monster on the loose.They eventually fight the creature, but in doing so it grabs both witchers and only lets them go when the boy shows up and throws rocks to distract it. They grab the boy and head back to the town where the boy reveals what the soldiers had been doing, which was killing peasants for sport. Geralt wants to kill the Nilfgaardian captain responsible for the killings but Vesemir dissuades him from doing so as they are only there to kill monsters. Instead they ask for the captain's help in killing the necrophage. However, Geralt slipped a plant into the soldier's belongings that would send the monster into a frenzy, and it came out and bit off the head of the captain and the witchers kept away while it killed the soldiers. They killed it afterwards and went to the sergeant from before to collect their reward where they found him and his soldiers about to kill another peasant, the woman you see in the trailer, on charges made up to justify the killing to the higher ups (because this wasn't something the Nilfgaardian army would tolerate, it was basically this corrupt captain who had died and his men including the sergeant).

[@imagnome123]

The 'Lesser Evil' speech is a fun choice here, because the speech itself is a denial by Geralt of precisely what he ends up doing here. The speech and its role in the book is to demonstrate that despite how much Geralt might want to remain neutral, how much easier it might be for him to just abide the evil in the world as all the same and turn away, sometimes (most of the time) he just can't. Even if all evil is evil regardless of degree, you must still choose the lesser evil because that's the reality of the world he lives in, and by extension its a commentary on the world *we* live in.

[@yakoobski]

Sorry I read Witcher like 20 years ago but wasn't there a whole chapter called 'Lesser Evil' where Geralt had to make a choice between allowing 'Greater Evil' which was Renfri and her brigant group follow through with a massacre during big market day in Blaviken town or instead choose 'Lesser Evil' by klilling Renfri and her group? Isn't that why later on in the Saga people call him 'Butcher from Blaviken'?

[@TheOneSoulMate_]

Well said

[@doriansokoowski9777]

not exacly , it was a lynching, there was no trial, just some guy decided she was guilty and wanted to kill her immediately for me it's illegal and that's why Geralt intervened (the accusations were exchanged before Geralt showed up so he didn't know what they were accusing her of)

[@orestmakar8562]

The historick backdrop of the Whicher 3 is a war on the continent. Nilfguard (the dominant military force and a reference to Germany) has invaded Temeria and is threattening Redania (reference to Poland). The no mans lands are the territory of Temeria just conquered by Nilfguard. The soldiers have seen batle with the Temerian man not so long ago and now are responsible for keeping „law and order” on occupied territories. Because they saw their comrads die from the hands of Temerian men they feel contempt and hate towards the local women. The Temerian men either died in batle, went into hiding joining the resistance. Those that become deserteres from both sides become bandits and use the lack of rule of law to their advantage to atack ambush and rob whoever is fooling enough to step into their path. The Temerian men as is the case in every war came from villages. As most of them either died or went into hiding as they cannot come back home there are not enough men to work the fields and defend the vilages that fall prey to soldiers of the invading army and bandits who due to the lack of law or defenders loot, rape and take whatever they want. Deserters and captured enemy soldiers along roads into vilages are hung from nearby treas to send a message to the locals that there is a new power they have to submit to. Lack of workers and looting conducted by bandits and the invaders causes famine. Hungry women and children go to places where battles happened to find and burry their husbands, brothers and sons hoping that by some miracle they are alive and managed to survive. In most cases they do not find them or find lifeles corpses mutilated by weapons, half eaten by hingry animals and monsters. There is another sinistra reason women and children go to the recent batlefields. They strip corpses of whatever they can sell to get some money often resorting to killing wounded soldiers, and eating their corpse due to hunger. This is what the women are acused of. The women comited the crimes they are acused of butvthey did it due to their desperate situation. The invading soldiers who represent authority technicaly punish criminals for real crimes, but in the proces they show their contempt and hate towards the wives, mothers and doughters of their enemies that killed their comrads in battle. The Whichers were payed to get rid of a monsters that risk around the batlefields with the smell of decomposong flesh. Acording to popular belief (stereotype) Whichers care only about money and have no feelings showing no sympathy. There is a reason Whichers tend to not get involved in disputes and it has to do with the fact that they live much longer lives. Despite looking young Geralt is over 100 years old. His age means he has seen allot of things and has gained wisdom that old people have that can be aquired threw a plethora of life experiances. In the depicted scene Geralt understand that the soldiers and the women are doing or have done bad things, that they are victims of sircumstances and had litle agency to change anything. What makes the Whicher intervene is the fact that the soldiers want to torture the women because she is Temerian amd the execution and lack of oversight means no one will know or care aboutvthe women/criminals. He gets of his horse but as he is about to take the sword out he understands that the superiors ofbthese soldiers know that a Whicher took the contract to kill the monster that roams the local area, if he was to kill the men with a whicher sword their superiors will know who killed them. This is why he puts his sword back and killed them with a knife a weapon commonly used by bandits and thievs. Upon leaving Geralt knows that the woman will kill/hang the man after what the Nilfguard soldier did to her country, her father, brother or son, and after what he wanted to do to her. He wanted to grantvher the satisfaction of retribution. This trailer is awsome because in the bestvtraditions of cinema you get allot of information that you can understand if you know the setting of the game, the medival historyand customs, morals and behaviour that the whicher is based on. It tells a strory without being overt about it in a natural way. The more information you have aboutvthe whicher world, and real life history the more you will understand from thisbtrailer. For people that do not know anything aboutvthe Whicher univers it will leave a seance of mistery and questions they will be able to answer once they play the game. One last thing a monster is a creature that is opposite of a human behaves in a way that humans do not behave inhumainly. Humans in this world believe that creatures that are non human behave inhumainly (its a false assumption as not all monsters behave like monster and not all humans behave like human). Humans do jot want to admit they can do anytjing wrong and often justify their cruelty while assuming that all other creatures are degenerats and freeks that behave inhamy. This is the „racism” of the Whicher univers. The world of the Whicher does character building exceptionally well and it very rearly paints characters as bad or good. People are complex and they make mistakes and have vices. Geralt himself can endulge in moraly questionable behaviour. The player makes the decision and in most cases Geralts actions are an interpretation of the pleyers decisions. The consequences are logical and often hard to predict. The best way to play if to stick with your decisions. This game is very very nuances and has allot of small interesting details.

[@olexinski]

Studio behind that trailer is Platin Image. They cooperate with CD Projekt RED on the cinematics and such quite often. One of the guys behind Platin Image is Tomek Bagiński. He was nominated for an 2002 Oscar Award in animated short film category. People that made that trailer were definitely qualified for the job :D

[@umairasif15]

Why no one get that team to do an animated witcher show with this energy. The show will easily rival GOT and Breaking Bad as all time best

[@Morrohg]

Love that you doing Witcher now, just 3 hours ago I rewatched the Witcher Cinematics and now you react to them, what a coincidence

[@lop90ful1]

same world works in a weird way

[@_MrToast_]

That has to be my favorite CGI Trailer ever. Love the blood flowing down the medallion at the end. That combined with the music... amazing.

[@arnoldm9327]

It’s crazy how trailer this short can give you a satisfaction of beating bad guys and injustice. Some movies can’t do this right, they did it in minutes

[@Pir-o]

I hope Witcher 2 cinematic trailer is also on the list. Probably the best cinematic I ever seen.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

Most likely scapegoating. But as often in the witcher you dont get the answer spelled out, you have to make the choice.... the choice between one evil and enouther. 8:40 armpit is the weakest point of every armor. And the developers seems to be very aware of how real armor functions.

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

They did recordings of actors running in place in real armor in the sound booth to get it right. They prepared alright

[@kireta21]

They definitely did their research. One way Witcher 3 really stands out for me is how despite fantasy setting, even magical/relic arms and armors have very practical, very real world designs. Ironically, the only armor that looks odd, is starter armor you see in trailer.

[@HavocParadox]

even 9 years later this is still amazing.

[@TheOneSoulMate_]

This popped in my recommended because of my love for the Witcher. This game started out like this and I was amazed. My first thought was damn. This is going to be crazy. I have never seen something this good for a game cinematic scene. It really set the tone for the game. I love how you covered this. Your enthusiasm and your film knowledge made this video even better. I appreciate how you pointed out the choices they made for this and some of the details we might have missed. I don’t have a channel like this in my list. Actually it’s not something I even considered. Even though Movies and games are 2 things I enjoy for my down time. Had to subscribe to after watching this. I look forward to what you cover next. Well done and fun to watch.

[@MrCoolAttitude]

Now to wait for the Toussaint one.

[@heiker1351]

I love the way he flips the table not only once, but twice. He does not only put her in a position of power over her assailant. He puts her in the same position she manipulated him in at the start. She wanted him to kill for her. He rescued her so she could do her own kill. Saying: "I will not kill for you" in a very elaborate way. 😂 I think he knows that she did all the things she is accused of. She did not close her eyes. She was fascinated by his violence. I love the trailers so much. So much meaning, so many layers in under 3 minutes. Show, don't tell. Brilliant.

[@marlonjames2000]

the scene we witness here is most likely in Temeria, a kingdom that a big part of the books and this game take place in, Temeria has been invaded by Nilfgaard, one of the most openly aggressive kingdoms in the Lore. So her crimes most likely go back to struggling in war times, the first two most likely referring to not giving aid to wounded Nilfgaardian soldiers and looting their corpses. This scene never gets properly explained during the game, but the tone heavily implies something along these lines.

[@cjgeel1]

another trailer called A Night To Remember is just as cool as this one, if you havent checked it out yet

[@xxDrain]

Killing monsters. That one line. Spectacular.

[@diabelfugas111]

That is the game series i grew up on. Love it in every way possible and still to this day think that it is the best game ever made

[@Synthia17]

Fun fact, that guy is a deserter, in the other cinematic where you see Yennefer, she runs into him and you get a split second of his face while he's escaping an ongoing battle.

[@E3Zen]

This trailer mentioned in game. When you charging phylactery in Kaer Morhen, Lambert may make a reference to the "Killing monsters" line

[@sillydo1344]

My favorite thing within this universe is that that woman could very well be a bad person or monster in disguise, trying to goad a passerby into doing something. Or she could be innocent. You may only find out later down the line, or never find out at all.

[@nicolleword4365]

I don't know if you know, but the entire fight was filmed in one take by stuntmen using MoCap

[@kemi1363]

If you haven't, you should check out A night to Remember cinematic for The Witcher 3.

[@rileyyoungerman5471]

Have you watched the cinematic to the Witcher 2? It’s interesting due to the tech limitations of its time.

[@martiuscastle]

Greatest storytellings of my life: Witcher and LOTR. And for a rest, Harry Potter. I do not think there will be another, sadly.

[@PhilipHarts]

Read Stormlight Archive, it’s best next to LOTR

[@martiuscastle]

Thanks! I'll do it! @@PhilipHarts

[@retajansevanvuuren5173]

When I played this game I killed Humans and saved Monsters and vise versa, Evil is evil, not all monsters are evil and some humans are worse than monsters.

[@DarshRS]

Bro, A night to remember, this is another awsome trailer of this game

[@arnoldm9327]

Also this woman actually eats people, that’s why before saving her he was talking about Lesser Evil VS Greater Evil

[@RandalReid]

Meanwhile Lambert: "kIlLiNg MoNsTeRs..."

[@hulmhochberg8129]

Personally i would say she probably did the crines, but this is a very dark universe during a war and in winter. All those things happened irl and sometimes were the only way to survive. Id say everyone did that, she was only the cought and got made an example. Like If theres no food and you are really starving and close to death, aswell as your kids, and then tgeres a whole battlefield littered with fresh bodys. That maybe even took your food as rations beforehand,...

[@niktniewiem4785]

oh man, this is the best "reaction" to this ever. You're smart

[@Whitewolf8772]

damn i miss the live with my request lmao xD

[@PhilipHarts]

It was awesome haha thank you for this awesome choice!!

[@Whitewolf8772]

@@PhilipHarts Thank you! glad you like it! the trailer for the dlc of blood & wine its awesome too, i request it but i dont know if its good to livestream it i think it got a little bit of nudity

[@zeksie]

Killing monsters!

[@QueenPersephone520]

It's not unlikely that she did those things while living through a brutal war in a land that was brutal even before, but it's unlikely that she was the only one doing it. To my mind, it was either a false accusation, or they purposely chose to only enforce the law on one woman, whereas the game otherwise generally shows cannibals living together. It sets the tone for a game where you can only make decisions with whatever knowledge you currently have and hope they were the right ones

[@D4WeeMaN]

You might have to do the other trailer offline then upload it with a disclaimer about violence/nudity, but it IS a must watch. I loved the way you described No Man's Land, that's exactly what the developers went for some parts of the map, for example Velen is just swamps and dark forests tainted with the blood of war, everything is rusted, charred or ashes with very few packs of green. The setting and art in this game is superb in telling the player this is not a nice world, it is a grim place, devoid of any morals or codes.

[@tokareuv]

One thing I disliked in game itself, is how Nilfgaard was portrayed. Sapkowski made it quite an obvious reference to the Third Reich, and other kingdoms actually had no choice but to fight them as Nilfgaard nonchalantly commited bunch of crimes on a way, killing and torturing a lot of civilians (and THIS is showed quite good in the trailer). The game has made them just another actor in the cruel world, where their presence is not very much worse than others. Sometimes it even looks more preferable. Of course, we can try to close our eyes and say "Well, Emhyr is something reformed after previous events", but I beg to differ.

[@Foretelling]

Can't wait til you check out the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt trailer.

[@warez1349]

and the witcher 2 intro?

[@Forced2DoThis1]

This is the shortened version of this. :( You missed some of the best parts concerning the "Condemned". :(

[@o.k.1175]

There is another video for this part of witcher. And it's even better I think. Recommend for review

[@o.k.1175]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z17PY2x-obCejrcsi=QVF9OSNa9p6bYG1w

[@biancaman4930]

You can play WoW occasionally, and other games that you like, but Witcher 3+DLC's is a must in this lifetime! The choices that you make in game reflect in the story and ending. Please play it and you will not regret it! It is indeed one the best games EVER MADE! My second one would be Rdr2. I was actually thinking if you ever played it, because you HAVE TO! :))) Also, when you have time please watch A Night to Remember and The Sword of Destiny trailer to see a glimpse of gameplay that will leave you speechless xD. The in-game has beautiful music as well.

[@gizmonomono]

I would rather watch this one trailer 100 times, than the show once.

[@akumetsu1167]

Просто представьте, оголодавшая крестьянка в рваном платье наедине с обоссавшимся от страха и оттого озлобленным солдатом. Со всем его обмундированием. Думаете она сможет как-то с ним справиться, даже со связанным?

[@messmeg7582]

She was really a kanibal. They are really bad executioners.

[@MrLexabuba]

Think you dont understand,what "killing monsters"is this ,they was hanging her for nothing,and geralt sawed saved her,told they monsters

[@pszemyks8577]

Motion Capture -kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKGbhGOMi5lkZrc

[@beefdog10]

you should see the assasin's creed trailers

[@BumWatcher]

Saint John, 14.1 Let .. let it be.

[@dangilboa6496]

And through the whole thing, she did not close her eyes... Not that innocent after all?

[@shiroyasha4995]

if they just hanged the woman instead of attempting to torture her.. geralt would probably just left them

[@scattysafari7742]

Great reaction. Pls react to the Dishonored 1 & 2 trailers or the Deus Ex: Human Revolution one. They're so good.

[@Rompstirdg]

The Witcher 3 is the Goat

[@szabolcspal3630]

Idk man... this was a brave choice... You cant play wow and witcher simultaneously... :D

[@fine93]

literally no monsters in this video...

[@brittag.pedersen5340]

....an amazing RPG game!!!! ❤❤❤

[@LRDZw13bL]

my suggestion: Please react to the Destiny 2 Trailers and Cinematics

[@wreccen]

How can you talk over the "killing monsters" line ☠

[@pattiesonamfgrill]

gotta do some diablo reactions brother, good content!

[@wevusqa1]

you comparing this beautiful game to the crappy show at the beginning pains me xDDD

[@accountname4228]

2:18 Stab deodorant.

[@Dalehenrickson]

The Witcher world is a dying world.

[@peloquin5652]

oh you are a "filmmaker" LOL

[@PhilipHarts]

What do you mean?

[@peloquin5652]

@@PhilipHarts so what "films" are you make because nobody knows any film, Mr "filmmaker"

[@PhilipHarts]

@@peloquin5652 over 9 million people have watched my most popular documentary film, so I’d say a few people know a film that I’ve made LOL : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fILKZpVsl8aafdUsi=Fth66O7YPr8lvtd7

[@elusiveDEVIANT]

Do not equate the show to the game. Thw ahow is absolute garbage. Writing, direction, produxtion design. Just fuckin aweful

[@danielstartek9729]

Can you make a roll of 4" PVC film for me?